Heyy...Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Sorry for the short chapter, but i hope it is worth your wait. I will have to hold off this story because I gotta work on my other one. I would like to give special thanks to Elizabeth Kururugi and xxOMGgalxx and dedicated romance portions of this to them!
Cristina's Pov~
I wasted no time trying to find my way onto the track. I was feeling more energized after whatever happened. I ran down the long corridor and towards the back where the bike garages are. I went to where the entrance of where turbo duelists are supposes to go and saw the man himself.
"Yusei!" I shouted, waving erratically.
"Hey, is everyone one okay-" I leaped towards him and encircled my arms around his neck as I felt his arms on my back, "Is everything all right?"
"Yeah, of course." I said, leaning back to look at him, "I just wanted to hug you first before any of your fan girls, which you may have, have the chance; I have bragging rights."
"I can imagine you doing that." He said as I chuckled, but blushed when I felt his arms around my waist, "D-do you remember what we talked about?"
"We talked a lot of times." I said as he smirked.
"When we were at the park…and…" He trailed off as I smiled a bit, "I thought about it…and I am not sure how I can put it into words…"
"Well…I heard that actions speak louder than words." I said with a sly grin, "I'm just saying it out there…"
I went onto my tippy toes as I saw him bent his head forwa-
"Yusei!" I heard Leo yell as I just dropped in Yusei's arms and looked at him. He just smiled and let me go as I shook my head, trying to shake off the blush.
"Hey guys, are you okay?" Yusei asked.
"No, you are about to face a far new enemy!" Yanagi yelled and then pointed to the horror as I smirked, "The media!" They railing hit the ground as they started to run at us, but I couldn't help but laugh at Yusei's expression.
"You better rev it up." Tanner said, rolling Yusei's duel runner.
"Let's go." I said, grabbing Yusei's arm and running away from the horde; I am glad that I didn't win actually…That blonde chick was giving me the creeps.
"Where are we?" Dexter asked
"We're in an abandoned service tunnel." Tanner said, "Cristina, what's going to happen to your bike-"
"A friend is going to handle it; it's okay." I said, "I think… Hey, Tanner, how did you know it was down here?"
"A guy like me knows these things." Tanner said as I smiled and crossed my arms, "That and Blister told me…"
"I have no idea what happened to you in that light, but I am just thrilled that you won the tournament; no hard feeling, Cristina." Yanagi said as I gave him a blank stare.
"Keep on mentioning it and there will be." I said as he gave me a fearful look.
"We knew you could do it, Yusei." Leo gloated, "You're one of the best duelist I have ever seen. You are like my hero!"
"Forget the tournament." Tanner said, "The whole thing was a setup on Goodwin's doing. Yusei only dueled because Goodwin forced him by capturing his friends."
"Until we figure out what the whole story is… we have to lay low and find a place to stay." I said and looked around, "Anyone got suggestions?"
"We can stay at Blister's hideout." Tanner offered, "Leo, Cristina, and Luna. You guys should probably stay with us too…"
"Are you serious? Awesome, it will be like that time when we slept over Cristina's apartment and-" I walked over to Leo and covered his mouth as everyone looks over…
"What…" I asked in an innocent manner before we started to walk again. I slapped the back of Leo's head and catched up to the group.
"Yusei…I don't know how, but I was able to see inside that weird light…I saw you guys dueling and Cristina and Akiza were with me." Luna said as Yusei appeared shocked, which shocked me; I thought he could see us or hear us… "We saw the Satellite being destroyed…That was the future, wasn't it?"
"I have no idea…but if that was some kind of future that is going to happen, we have to stop it; no matter what." Yusei said, looking down at his hands, "I can't let that happen."
"And we won't…" I assured him as he nodded…
We made it to Blister's hideout and I sighed; finally. We have been walking for like hours underground.
"Now, don't mind my drawing because I am not a good artist, but…it almost looks like it." Yanagi said as I slowly looked over my shoulder, "The dragon seal looks something like this."
I tilted my head at the picture and my eyes widened, that's the dragon seal?
"That's on my arm." I said, rolling down my black sleeve to show them, "Though, my is a bit more… artistic…"
"That's the dragon's head." Yusei said as I looked at him in confusion.
"What is it? What are you talking about?" Leo asked, not seeing the head of the dragon.
"Look." Yusei said, taking off his glove and rolling up his sleeve to show us his mark. It didn't look like a dragon head to me, but…I will go with it.
"That looks just like it." Leo said in awe, "Hey, Luna. Let's see yours." I walked over to Luna and saw that hers resembled to a claw.
"Luna's mark looks like the claw thingy…" Leo added, "What's that mean?"
"According to legend, the crimson dragon's head, wings, legs, tail, and body were split into 6 parts, and then sealed away as marks on the original signers. There marks were then passed down through the generations." Yanagi explained as I frowned; I got picked by destiny…? That's dumb.
"But we only know about 5 signers…so how was the crimson dragon summoned if only 5 of them were gathered?" Tanner asked as I had to admit, that was a confusing thing.
"I guess the 5th signer must have been somewhere in that arena." Yanagi said as I raised my eyebrows.
"So, Luna is a signer, Jack's a signer, Cristina's a signer, Akiza's a signer, and Yusei's a signer." Leo counted, "So who's the last signer…? Oh, maybe it's me, maybe it's me! Maybe I have a mark somewhere!" Leo shouted, checking his stomach as I shook my head, idiot… I saw Luna falling back and catched her quickly.
"Lunie, are you okay?" I asked in worry, checking her forehead.
"Luna!" Leo cried out, coming to my side, "Luna, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing-"
"Nothing…You were about to make-out with the floor." I teased as she gave me a small smile.
"I am just tired or something." Luna said as I made sure she steadied herself.
"Well, that's understandable… We all had a crazy couple of days; let's try to get some rest." Tanner said as I agreed and stood up, seeing the sun coming down slowly…
"Yeah…just drop it off in the morning…Thanks, Len." I said quietly before hanging up and rubbing my eyes, yawning a bit.
"You should get some sleep." Yusei said as I looked over my shoulder. I chuckled a bit and shook my head.
"I'm fine. I was talking to Lenrick about getting my bike; should be here early morning hopefully." I said. I stretched a bit and closed my eyes, yawning again, "What are you doing awake, Mr. Champion?"
"I was just looking at the drawing." He said with a small smile, "I can't help but wonder who the last signer is? Wouldn't they be in the tournament?"
"They probably would, but…maybe Goodwin doesn't know everything." I said with a shrug, "I hope the last one isn't a jerk…not that I am saying you are!" I covered my mouth and looked over to Luna who simply turned in her sleep, "Whoops." Yusei only chuckled and held his out towards me since I was sitting on the couch. I took his hand as he pulled me up close to him. I smiled a bit when I felt his arms around my waist…
"So…King of Turbo dueling…" I started, seeing his eyebrows raising a little high, "Are you expecting a reward…?"
"No." He said, "Just…being right here right now with you is already a reward."
"You…" I scrunched up my face and flicked his nose lightly, "Stop being so damn smooth?"
"Smooth?" He asked in confusion.
"Yes, smooth. You know you are doing it! Yusei, you sneak-"
"Leo did mention that you talk a lot when you are nervous." Yusei said as I frowned at him and stuck my tongue out at him. I heard him chuckle before he leaned closer to me. I gather my nerves that were in tight knots. I leaned in closer and closed my eyes. I felt his breath on my face before I felt something pressed down on my lips lightly before I reacted after that. I back away and felt my face get hot as I wrapped my arms around his neck. I smiled at him before he smiled back.
"That…that was…" I didn't really finish my sentence before I felt his lips once again. I smiled into the kiss and made sure I kissed back. I'm not going to say some cheesy line that 'fireworks had exploded' or 'there was butterflies in my stomach.' But… it was better than anything else that happened to me. I leaned back and breathed again for air before giggling slightly, leaning my forehead with his.
"So…" I started…
"So…what's on your mind?" He asked as I closed my eyes before opening them again.
"Are we…together in a way?" I asked, tilting my head slightly as he chuckled.
"If you want too-"
"Do I have to kiss you again to get a straight answer from you?" I asked in a serious manner as he smirked.
"What's stopping you?" He replied as I rolled my eyes and kissing him again as I felt his arms around my waist tightened. I felt my hands go up to his hair to deepen the kiss. I let go of him slowly, blushing lightly. I looked out the window before walking closer, smiling at the moon…though, there was…something shining from the ground outside…there was a man outside, with a glowing arm-
"Yusei, come here." I said as he quickly came over. I pointed out the window and towards the man, "Who do you think he is?"
"A possible signer…" Yusei muttered. Suddenly, the guy had started to run, "Hey…stay here."
"Oh, no…Are you serious-"
"I don't want you to get hurt." He said as he started to run and left the hideout… Yusei does not know me that well… I grabbed my deck and duel disk from the table and quickly left the hideout also, barely seeing Yusei's figure turning a corner. I rolled my neck and started to follow closely...